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Percival

Perceval is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the late 12th century tale Perceval, the Story of the Grail, he is best known for being the original hero in the quest for the Grail before being replaced in later literature… In the later accounts of Arthurian prose cycles, and consequently Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, the true Grail hero is Galahad, but, though his role in the romances is diminished, Perceval remains a major character and is one of only two knights (the other is Bors) who accompany Galahad to the Grail castle and complete the quest with him…
Alias Sir Percival
Real Names/Alt Names Percivale, Perceval, Parzival, Parsifal, Peredur
Characteristics Hero, Swashbuckler, Arthurian Cycle, Medieval Age, Public Domain
Creators/Key Contributors Unknown
First Appearance Arthurian legend
First Publisher ○
Appearance List Perceval, the Story of the Grail (c. 1180) by Chrétien de Troyes; Parzival (c. 1200–1210) by Wolfram von Eschenbach; Perlesvaus (early 13th c.); Queste del Saint Graal (c. 1220–1230); Vulgate Cycle (13th c.); Le Morte d’Arthur (1485) by Thomas Malory; Parzival (1833) — scholarly for modern Grail studies; Idylls of the King (1859–1885) by Alfred Lord Tennyson; The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur (1910) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; From Ritual to Romance (1920) by Jessie L. Weston. Film: Parsifal (1912) by Mario Caserini; Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) by Monty Python.
Sample Read The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]
Description Perceval is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the late 12th century tale Perceval, the Story of the Grail, he is best known for being the original hero in the quest for the Grail before being replaced in later literature… In the later accounts of Arthurian prose cycles, and consequently Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, the true Grail hero is Galahad, but, though his role in the romances is diminished, Perceval remains a major character and is one of only two knights (the other is Bors) who accompany Galahad to the Grail castle and complete the quest with him…
Source Perceval – Wikipedia
The Temptation of Sir Percival (detail, c. 1894) via ARC/City Art Gallery, Leeds | Arthur Hacker
The Temptation of Sir Percival (detail, c. 1894) via ARC/City Art Gallery, Leeds | Arthur Hacker

The Temptation of Sir Percival (c. 1894) via ARC/City Art Gallery, Leeds | Arthur Hacker, The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1922) | N. C. Wyeth, The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1922) | N. C. Wyeth, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) | Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) | Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) | Howard Pyle, The Book of Romance (1902) by Andrew Lang | H. J. Ford, The Vision Of Sir Percivale's Sister (1902) via ARC | Sigismund C. H. Goetze